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E128: Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)

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Prayank Swaroop is a Partner at Accel, and joined the firm in 2011.

He focuses on cybersecurity, developer tools, marketplaces, and SaaS investments. Some of the investments led by him are - Aavenir, Bizongo, Maverix, OnsiteGo, Securden, Slintel, Skeps, and Zetwerk.

Prior to Accel, he worked at Adobe and Standard Chartered Bank in India and Singapore. He held positions across engineering, product marketing, pre-sales, and product management.

He has an integrated master's degree in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi and an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

. . .

Episode Notes:

  1. What made Prayank take a bet on venture as a career path (3:38)
  2. Naivety in venture capital (7:10)
  3. Where is venture as of October 2023, post the global slow down (9:50)
  4. Sectors that have shown massive potential in spite of it being a dull year in terms of venture activity (18:18)
  5. Insights gained by Prayank over the course of his ten years of investment experience (22:15)
  6. How to evaluate people as an investor (27:38)
  7. How would Prayank rebuild his career as an investor if given a chance to restart (38:37)
  8. Advice to founders (48:15)

. . .

Social Links:

  1. Follow Prayank on Twitter
  2. Follow ⁠Prayank on LinkedIn⁠
  3. Follow ⁠The Desi VC on LinkedIn⁠
  4. Follow ⁠Akash Bhat on Twitter⁠
  5. Follow ⁠Akash Bhat on LinkedIn
  continue reading

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Manage episode 386911172 series 2769558
Content provided by Akash Bhat. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Akash Bhat or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Prayank Swaroop is a Partner at Accel, and joined the firm in 2011.

He focuses on cybersecurity, developer tools, marketplaces, and SaaS investments. Some of the investments led by him are - Aavenir, Bizongo, Maverix, OnsiteGo, Securden, Slintel, Skeps, and Zetwerk.

Prior to Accel, he worked at Adobe and Standard Chartered Bank in India and Singapore. He held positions across engineering, product marketing, pre-sales, and product management.

He has an integrated master's degree in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi and an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

. . .

Episode Notes:

  1. What made Prayank take a bet on venture as a career path (3:38)
  2. Naivety in venture capital (7:10)
  3. Where is venture as of October 2023, post the global slow down (9:50)
  4. Sectors that have shown massive potential in spite of it being a dull year in terms of venture activity (18:18)
  5. Insights gained by Prayank over the course of his ten years of investment experience (22:15)
  6. How to evaluate people as an investor (27:38)
  7. How would Prayank rebuild his career as an investor if given a chance to restart (38:37)
  8. Advice to founders (48:15)

. . .

Social Links:

  1. Follow Prayank on Twitter
  2. Follow ⁠Prayank on LinkedIn⁠
  3. Follow ⁠The Desi VC on LinkedIn⁠
  4. Follow ⁠Akash Bhat on Twitter⁠
  5. Follow ⁠Akash Bhat on LinkedIn
  continue reading

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